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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-512/
- Published: 2026-01-05T17:15:36.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-05T17:15:35.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, Word of the Day

The word for today is…

bodice (noun) -

1: the upper part of a woman's dress  
2 *archaic* : corset, stays

Source : [Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bodice?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : The term bodice is derived from body. One sense of the word body is “the part of a garment covering the body or trunk.” In the 17th and 18th centuries a woman’s corset was often called a “pair of bodies.” The plural bodies, or bodice, was eventually interpreted as a singular. Bodice is now most often used to refer to the upper part of a woman’s dress.

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